Appreciation

Since the dawn of time: A Series

Many products and services are created in the world these days. Almost all of
them are so profound and revolutionary that they can only truly be understood
when viewed against their proper time scale: the history of humanity, or
perhaps the universe itself. As a humble chronicler of these world-historic
events, I offer these examples:

In early human history, hand axes counted as a big idea. But back then, even
the best of big ideas took a long time to spread. Axes might have been first
used about 2.5 million years ago, but it took another 1.8 million years to
settle on a standard shape…

Now, humanity finds itself on the threshold of another revolution in the way
ideas are spread, one that allows direct instruction wherever you are in the
world.

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